Elly Warnock

Words Their Way Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary and Spelling Instruction - Word Sorts - a systematic, sequenced approach. We want children to have a map of how it all works Layers of the Orthography - the ways words are written down Alphabet Sound Layer (English language - 56% as it sounds - would get correct) Pattern Layer Meaning Layer (Anglo-saxton, greek, latin) WHEN THESE ARE ALL IN PLACE, ENGLISH LANGUAGE BECOMES 97% RELIABLE This programme helps children to map the patterns. These layers relate to progression in reading and writing. Children who write how they speak are stuck in phonological knowledge... Schwa vowel (the vowel that is indiscriminate) - e.g.:  Forage (but we say forige) Emphasis (we loose the a - we don't say - "em - far - sis") Mother Butter Be curious about words! Children need to see a word spelt correctly 40 times before it gets locked in. Every time a child (or adult!) sees a word spelt incorrectl...

So this week, we pulled together this terms learning in our production "Te Ahu a Turanga." What a huge success it was! Today, I went back to the letter that we sent out to whānau at the beginning of the term. The opening paragraph read... We are very excited to be focussing on The Arts this term as the main curriculum area for our inquiry.  The Arts curriculum includes dance, drama, art and music.  This will be integrated with Social Sciences as we look towards how we can grow sustainability within the Manawatu, especially our river, Te Awa.  This learning will culminate with a whole-school production at The Regent on Tuesday 19th September . When I wrote that letter, we were really unaware of what the production was going to look like. This is what I would call a 'collaborative production' - it was built along the way and although I like to know where we are heading, this was real - it was unique and it was magical! What a phenomenal team to be part of ...

Walker Learning in Te Tipu 29th June 2017 CENgate Marie Morgan Lytton Street School "Play Matters" Kathy Walker, Shona Bass The importance of everyone sharing the same philosophy. - what do you believe about play?   About children's development?   Once you have this, TRUST everyone on the floor. Emotional, Social needs are looked at to see who moves to next class. Walker Learning - Each class is set up the same. - Relationships are key. - Central role of play Kathy Walker - Founding Director of Early Life Foundations Shona Bass - Managing Director of Early Life Foundations Is a pedagogy that educates the whole child for the 21st Century.   Teachers integrate children's own interests and lives into the daily programme to make all learning authentic, meaningful. Exploratory Play (0 - 5) - Investigative play (Years 0 to 3)- Project based Learning (Years 4 - 8)   Explicit instruction of Literacy and Numeracy from Yea...

Joy Cowley Poem - "I enjoy looking at other people's roads" What does the Treaty mean for us to RSS? The lens of Education Act 1989 - Principles of Partnership, Protection and Participation. NZ is both Bi-cultural and Multi-cultural. We have all come from somewhere.  What do we know about the first people who were here in NZ? 1100 - First people came 1769 - Cook 'discovered' NZ 1790 - Traders 1840 - Treaty 1860 - PN established 1931 - RSS began Language I use tells a story - we need to be conscious of what language we use. Were my descendants called to come to NZ? We all come from multi-cultural backgrounds - and we make up this nation. Who defines as Maori? How is that defined? Whakapapa (You are Maori if you can prove you are) If you have all of that, you can still choose not to be. We learnt as children that the Moriori were in NZ first, then the Maori came and 'eat and beat' the Moriori.  What in that is true?  M...

It has been so refreshing to come back to participating in JK with colleagues from RSS!  It is so much part of our culture where everyone feels valued and an integral part of the process.  What a great opportunity to bring together our shared knowledge and nut out possible solutions to problems.  I really feel as though this has been one of the best JK rounds I've been a part of. We started by sharing knowledge of P4C (Robin, Suzanne and Rosie) and Inquiry Maps (Fiona).  I really wondered how we were going to merge the two, but merge we sure did.  And how powerful! We used Inquiry Maps to help our students improve their abilities in P4C. There is HUGE potential for this to infiltrate throughout the school.  This is exciting and we feel as though this could be the next stage to our SLC's.  Rosie, Fiona and Robin will be trialling this at this term's SLC. I'm looking forward to using Learning Maps in Room 4 next term.

As part of our COL, our Maths team are working alongside Jodie Hunter from Massey University.  This presentation outlines the important features of a successful maths programme.  I love that everything here links up with the work we have done with Dinah over the past 2.5 years.  A powerful presentation with key messages included.

Longworth Education carried out a seminar specifically designed for Leadership outlining the important factors in implementing a play based environment. My notes, a little bit different to usual, are taken from the Webinar. What are my thoughts?  Play based learning fits in so very well with our vision - to inspire creativity, agency and excellence - why would we not inquire into this and see the benefits for our children?!

PTC 01: Professional Relationships, PTC 02: Promoting Well Being; PTC 03: Bicultural Partnership; PTC 04: Professional Learning; PTC 05: Leadership; PTC 06: Learning Programme; PTC 07: Learning Environment;  PTC 08: How Ākonga Learn; PTC 09: Diverse Needs; PTC 10: Bicultural; PTC 11: Assessment; PTC 12: Critical Inquiry; Appraisal, Carol Lynch, Dinah Harvey, Sabbatical